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Message-ID: <m3ps97h2f2.fsf@ursa.amorsen.dk> Date: 22 Jan 2007 09:49:05 +0100 From: Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2) >>>>> "DS" == David Schwartz <davids@...master.com> writes: DS> If you are right, a "512MB" RAM stick is mislabelled and is more DS> correctly labelled as "536.8MB". (With 512MiB being equally DS> correct.) DS> Isn't that obviously not just wrong but borderline crazy? No. It is not obvious to me what is wrong with that. RAM is the only thing using binary units, everything else is decimal. It is about time that RAM switched too. /Benny - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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